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- Corn-Planter No. 46,083. Patented Jan. 31. I865.

AM. PHM'O-LITNU. CO- NM (08505"53 PRCCESM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER CONRAD, OF DOROHESTER, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED ROLLER AND CORN-PLANTER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,08, dated January31, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER CONRAD, ot' Dorchester,in the county ofMaconpin and State of lllinois, have invented a new and ImprovedCombined Roller and Corn-Planter; and I do hereby declare that thefollowingis at'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art'to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of myinvention, taken in the line 00 m, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is also a sidesectional view of the same, taken in the same line as Fig. 1, butshowing a different portion oftheparts; Fig. 3, a plan or top view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reterence indicate like parts.

This invention has for its object the combining of a roller with a cornplanting device in such a manner that the two devices will operatetogether much more perfectly than hitherto and several advantagesobtained, which will be hereinafter set forth.

A represents a rectangular framiu g, in which a roller, B, is placedtransversely, and U is the drivers seat, which is supported by standards-I) in a longitudinal position, with the framing above the roller B.

E is the draft-pole, and F F are two seedhoppers, which are placed onthe framing A,- one at each side of the drivers seat 0.

G is a seed-slide, which is fitted and works freely between transversebars a a in the framing A and underneath the hoppers F F, saidseed-slide being provided with holes and arranged in the usual way fordropping seed from the hoppers. The seed slide is operated through themedium of a lever, H, which eX- tends back to a droppers seat, I, at therear of the framing.

The seed-hoppers are in front of the roller B, and seed-tubes J extenddown from underneath the hoppers and fit in tubes K, which have sharesor furrow-openers L at their lower ends. These tubes K are at the rearends of bars L", the front ends of which are attached by hinges orjoints 1) to the front cross-piece, c, of the framing. The tubes K areconnected by cords or chains d to a shaft, M, placed transversely in theframing, and having a crank, N, atone end of it, by which the shaft maybe turned for the purpose of raising and lowering the tubes, and the.latter may be retained at the desired height by means of a catch, 0,ar-. ranged so as to catch over the crank N. (See Fig. 3.) The seed, asit is dropped into the furrows made by the shares L, is covered and hasthe earth pressed firmly over it by the roller B.

The parts above described comprise all of the corn-planting mechanism.

0 represents a hook, which has ahandle or lever, P, attached, whichworks on a fulcrumpin,f, in the rear of the draft-pole E, the hookpassing down through a slot, g, in the former.

Q is an inclined rod at the under side of the draft-pole E, and on thisinclined rod the front end of a bar, It, is fitted and allowed to slidefreely. This bar Itis slotted nearly its entire length, and it isbroader at its rear than at its front part, the rear part being hollowedout, so that the rollerB may rest upon it when the bar is in a backwardposition asfar as the rod Qwill allow it to be. (See Fig. 1.)

To the under side of the rear part of the bar It there is attached ahorizontal wheel, S,which is placed loosely on an axis, h, and to theupper side of said bar there is secured a bail, '1, which. when the barIt is drawn forward, is

,withn reach of the hook O of lever P. The

bar It is drawn forward, when desired, by means of a cord or chain, 2',and when the hook O catches under the bale T, and the lever P is drawnback and secured by a catch,j, the bar will be elevated from the groundand free from the roller B, as shown in Fig. 2. This bar It, with itshorizontal wheel, is designed to facilitate the turning of the machineat the ends of rows; and when it is necessary to turn the machine thedriver liberates the upper end of the lever P, and thereby lets down thebar R, and the machine will be drawn along, so that the roller B willrest upon the rear of said bar, as shown in Fig. 1, and the machine thenturns on the wheel S, which serves as a pivot. When the machine isturned the driver draws forward the bar It by means of the cord or chain'5, and elevates said bar by means of the hook O, and the machine isagain ready in combination with the roller B, for the purfortwork. Thusby this simple means I am pose herein set forth.

enabled to turn the machine with the greatest 2. In combination with thebar R, wheel S, facility, and the great objection to the comand rollerB, a corn-planting device, substanbining of a roller with a corn-planteravoided. l tially as set forth.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters PETER CONRAD. PatenttWitnesses 1. The bar R, provided with the horizontal JOHN B. SHEA, wheelS, and arranged, substantially as shown, SAML. BOOTH.

